johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A solitary Mouse-ear hawkweed flower amongst some local Lincolnshire limestone coversand. #Wildflowerhour 0694
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We are the Campions. Red and White that is. #WildflowerHour 2323
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Holly Blue making the most of a warm pile of cut grass thatch 0161
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Bigger Picture. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 060
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In the best possible light. The intricacy of Common Ivy flowers #WildflowerHour 0434
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Blushing red, the centre of attention. Beefsteak Fungus at the foot of the Pedunculate Oak tree. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 1241
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A formidable multi-stemmed Small-Leaved Lime, Skellingthorpe Old Wood, Lincolnshire #ThickTrunkTuesday 217518
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialLin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Should you wish to indulge your love of beetles (and why wouldn’t you) this brilliant and scholarly website will certainly help. It’s a work of art by a human. www.rosspiper.net/2020/01/10/s...rosspiper.netSaproxylic beetles - Dr. Ross PiperThis is an intro and visual guide to the extraordinary diversity of beetle species associated with dead and decaying wood in the UK. Numbering some 650 species, this habitat supports the greatest dive... 09643
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A Pedunculate Oak overlooking a stretch of the Car Dyke in Lincolnshire. The dyke is thought to be of Roman origin and in its current varied states passes between Lincoln and Peterborough. #ThickTrunkTuesday 0300
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Redshank carpeting an agricultural hard standing #WildflowerHour 0464
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Elder Dripping Jewels. #WildflowerHour #Fruits 0618
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialWandering Green @wanderingreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This time of year, these guys are having a hard time and in turn giving us a hard time! Their queen has left and they're at a loose end. Now they're out for themselves as their days are numbered. Sweet sticky treats are their goal and they're not afraid to fight you for it... #wasp #pollinators 1112120
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A cluster of Fairy Inkcaps, #FungiFriends on #FungiFriday at the foot of the decaying Ash tree 0260
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026In the far distance I could see a golden yellow shape shape rapidly quartering and duelling above a Lincolnshire field. Being at the field edge behind my mower I was able to gradually track it within reach to a near corner. My first Clouded Yellow Butterfly followed by three others! #InsectThursday 0140
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sadly the environmental benefits of local apple trees were far from the thoughts of whoever drove to a remote location to dump these apples in Lincolnshire countryside. 060
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026But maybe more of the correctly spelt ones🙄 040
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Field Scabious with its back to the future #WildflowerHour #seedheads 0111
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026As suspected there are going to be a lot of Teasle #seedheads on #WildflowerHour tonight 0404
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I was not the only one homing in on the Coreopsis UpTick “Yellow and Red” on the garden centre clearance shelf 081
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialDavid Misstear @dmisstear.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"I took shelter from a shower..." Painted lady in a gorse bush, Sorrento Park, Co. Dublin. 0181
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Berry Cherry Limeade. A ready to litter pick cocktail of plastic, glass, leather and metal. I managed to edge my way around the other side of the pond this afternoon to clear the remainder of the remnant litter before it is submerged again. 060
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The plastic life beneath. A litter pick this morning sifting through the remnant silty mud of a dried out urban local nature reserve pond. Most of it plastic. Even whilst at its lowest ebb litter is still casually being thrown in. The McDonalds cup is dated 23 August 26 020
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialBritish Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🔍 Species Spotlight: Willow Emerald Damselfly First recorded breeding in Britain in 2009, this species has spread rapidly ever since. Look for its metallic green body and unusual habit of perching with its wings held outstretched! Flying now into autumn, so keep an eye out. 📸 1299
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Common sea-lavender and Glasswort on the saltmarsh edge. Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. #WildflowerHour 0494
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026From the heart. Teasel loving the view across the saltmarsh. Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. #WildflowerHour 0713
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A Lesser Stag Beetle making its way across a log pile for #InsectThursday 0121
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026After a fair bit of rain in South Lincolnshire last night, the snails are back and the garden pond and litter bin lagoon topped up. But before it recovers a local authority contractor is already mowing the surrounding areas of damp parched amenity grass! 1110
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I have never really mastered the Binomial System of Nomenclature introduced by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus. But here he is, seen during a recent visit to Sweden overlooking Humlegårdens Parklek, Stockholm. His system underpinning todays #CommonNames of wildflowers posted on #WildflowerHour 0122
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A Ruddy Darter Dragonfly for #InsectThursday 0131
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026To be fair looking at the Eclipse projected onto the garden umbrella through a metal colander was not as impressive as the garden “Hot Lips”Salvia visited by a Humming-bird-Hawk-moth earlier on. 110
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A butterfly that I might quite ordinarily see at home in the UK but as yet have not knowingly seen one. A Wall butterfly perched on Umbellate Hawkweed against the backdrop of the Baltic Sea. Grinda Island, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden #WildWebsWednesday 0101
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Still no rainwater to be found in the fused watertight leaf “bowls” around the stems. Tough drought resistant Wild Teasel flowering on #WildflowerHour 0252
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialThe Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Mornin’ folks. Notice #bumblebees asleep on #flowers recently? Want to know what’s going on with them? Well here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining the bumblebee flower-sleeping phenomenon. Please #repost / #share so more people are more informed. Thank you. #bees #nature #education 1/16 520698
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Great Willowherb, Purple Loosestrife, Reed Canary Grass and Hemp Agrimony. #WetlandPlants softening the edge of an urban Local Nature Reserve boardwalk. #WildflowerHour 1627
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This Hornet Hoverfly a large mimic species buzzed down low to settle on Frogbit for a drink in my garden pond. For scale the kidney shaped Frogbit leaves are at least 20mm across. #InsectThursday 0121
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026“What’s not to Love?” Quite clearly littering Greggs customers that do not love their environment. 230
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.social🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Eurasian Skylark, 16-18cm songbird Europe, Asia and N America NZ, Australia, Hawaii, Vancouver Island brought here in 1900! forage on insects in summer, seeds, grains in winter You will hear them before you see them! 421713279
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialwildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The theme for this week’s #wildflowerhour challenge is wetland plants. So have a mosey in your local marsh, mire, bog, fen and see what you can find! Share your pics this Sunday 8-9pm using #wetlandplants #InternationalBogDay2026 110529
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 20/07/202642% of UK garden space has been paved over & that's building urban heat, robbing wildlife of homes + surging runoff into drains, increasing flood risk + sewage discharge. De-pave Your Garden says even just using planting strips on your drive can make a huge difference. share.google/Dkb3FOi35hqp...share.googleHow the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night-time heatThere’s a growing trend to pave over front gardens. 9346174
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026After clearing a good swathe of Great Willowherb earlier on in the year Common Fleabane, Common Ragwort, Spear Thistle and Hemp Agrimony now have the chance to find themselves #StillFlowering on an otherwise parched Lincolnshire urban nature reserve #WildflowerHour 0381
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Still no rain on the horizon in Lincolnshire for #StillFlowering Common Ragwort amongst the sun scorched grass and leaves on urban green space #WildflowerHour 0332
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialCarol Kubicki @carolkubicki.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Prepare to be amazed! I'm sure none of my followers throw litter in the sea or on the ground but plenty of people do and that litter can be transport for some creatures. #litter www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/this...anthropocenemagazine.orgThis tiny bottle cap traveled 1,500 kilometers. It had 307 hitchhikers aboard.Scientists cracked the case of a single plastic cap using isotope chemistry and ocean current models, revealing how trash is turning into rafts for invasive species. 1114
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A Long Hoverfly with a longish Latin name. Sphaerophoria scripta, feeding on Wood Avens, Geum urbanum in the garden. #WildWebsWednesday 0141
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I don’t get to see much heathland in lowland Lincolnshire so it was great to see some Bell Heather in flower during a visit to North Yorkshire this weekend #WildflowerHour 0190
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Oh, no #AquaticPlants to be found on this North Yorkshire stretch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal but this partially submerged Oxeye Daisy is keeping its head well above the tree reflected canopies in the water surrounding it. #WildflowerHour 1302
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Powder blue and ink dot smudge. The underwings of Holly Blue on show whilst nectaring the white form of Valerian in the garden. #InsectThursday 1516
Reposted by @johnfen1.bsky.socialBotanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A lovely selection of your gorgeous plant photos for tonight's #WildFlowerHour! Can we encourage you to enter your best photos into our Botanical Photographer of the Year competition? Categories, how to enter, past winners etc. are here: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Check out 👇our 16 fabulous judges!bsbi.orgBotanical Photographer of the Year 0175
johnfen1.bsky.social @johnfen1.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Having looked at this first and foremost through a phone lens, all I can offer is pointy sepals. No hairs and no black dots and if present blurry stem wings so hopefully Square-stalked St John’s wort. #WildflowerID #WildflowerHour 1151